Baby support



g- 19, 1958 v. A. CHERNlVSKY 2,848,040

BABY SUPPORT Filed Sept. 1, 1954 INVENTOR.

V/CTOf? A CHER/V/l SK) ATT'Y This invention relates-in generalto a babysupport and is more particularly described as an inclined comfortableholder for babies and young children. This support may be described asan inclined chair into which a baby may be seated and held'firmlyagainstdislocation in an upwardly inclined position which is comfortablefor the child and still holds'it properly supported so that the childmay rest and sleep, if desired, or is partially inclined so that thechild may look about when not asleep.

An important object of the invention is to provide an inclined supportin the nature of a chair for a baby which has body and crotch retainingmeans while holding the child in the chair.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rcsilient chair framecomprising a base and aback rest of tubular interengaging portions whichare disengageable for compactly packaging the chair, and are composed ofspring materials which firmly hold the parts together when they areassembled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a back support in thenature of a pouch having a rigid outer frame portion and a fabric bagconfined in the frame and sagging toward the bottom of the frame formore comfortably seating and supporting a baby therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a frame composed ofresilient wire or tubular sections, one form ing a base and the otherforming an inclined rest detachable from the base and to provide asupporting fabric pouch for the back rest separately disengageabletherefrom for cleaning and repair.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a childs chairwith an inclined back rest having a sagging fabric back and restrainingmeans for engaging the waist and crotch of a child for holding it in apouch.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the specification and willbe more apparent from the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a baby support in accordance with thisinvention with the parts in assembled position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the frame parts of Fig. 1 withoutthe fabric pouch; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rear of the back restas shown inFig. 1.

This baby support is in the form of an inclined chair, the back having afabric which sags near the bottom to receive the baby in upward inclinedposition with an adjustable strap for retaining the baby in the backrest against dislodgement therefrom and a further strap support at rightangles to the other supporting strap engaging the baby at the crotch sothat the legs may be disposed at either side thereof in contact with thefloor or other surface if the baby is large enough, but usually holdingthe baby in a suspended position within the chair if the baby is small.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the chair comprises abase 10 and a back 12 each formed of nited States Patent 0 2,843,040Patented Aug. 19, 1958 bent wire or tubular material and having atubular connector 14 for each side of the chair. The base hassubstantially parallel sides 16 with a downwardly offset connector 18 atthe rear forming a somewhat elongated base support. At the front of eachside is a bent portion 20 extending forwardly and outwardly andreturning in an upwardly flaredside 22 having an extremity 24 deflectedangularly outward and out of line with the side portion 0 16. Thus theforward return bend portions 20 and the offset portion 18 at the rear,form three legs upon which the base is supported.

The back 12 is generally in the form of a U-shaped member, the sides ofwhich are substantially parallel with the sides 16 of the base, but notquite as wide as the base and at each end of this member, the sleeve 14has a fixed connection with a dent 26 near one end of each sleeve tolimit the insertion of the end of theback member therein. The other endof each member is open for receiving the outwardly deflected end24 ofthe base member so that in order to apply the back to the base, oneextremity 24 is first inserted in one of the sleeves and then the backmust be tilted or sprung to cover the other defiected end 24 of the baseso that when the deflected ends are set firmly into the connectingsleeves 14, the base and back will be firmly connected together againstaccidental removal.

Applied over the back 12 is a hollow bag 28 preferably of fabric whichfits more or less closely around the outer end of the back but has alower intermediate portion 30 which fits loosely and is adapted to sagbetween the sides of the back 12, particularly when the lower edge 32 istightly connected between the sides of the back thus more definitelyforming the sag 30 in the back.

In order to hold a baby in the support, a wide band 34 in the nature ofa fabric strap is secured to the back of the bag 28 by stitching 36 orany other suitable means or connection, one end of the strap passing infront of the frame 12 and in front of the intermediate sagging portion30 and extending to the other side of the back of the frame where abuckle 38 releasably connects the ends of the strap together.

In order to provide an additional support, a crotch strap 40 has a loop42 surrounding the strap 34 at the front of the frame, the intermediateportion of this strap is looped slightly forward, and a lower end 44 ofthe strap is included between the opposite sides of the lower edge ofthe bag 28 where it is stitched tightly in place.

With this construction, a baby may be inserted from the top of a chairagainst the fabric bag 28 and will be restrained about the body by thebody strap 34 and the legs of the baby will be placed on opposite sidesof the crotch strap 40 so that the legs will be free to move, and thusthe baby will be supported below, around the waist and at the back sothat he may be disposed in the sagging portion of the back in acomfortable position where he may rest or sleep, or where he may besuitably inclined to look about.

This chair is particularly adapted for movement about the floor and upona table, a large chair or a sofa, and a baby may be taken withoutremoval from this support into an automobile or any other difierentlocations without disconnecting any of the chair parts and withoutremoving the baby from the support.

After a baby starts to walk, he can use the chair to push it about toassist him in walking, and as the child gets older, the back of thechair may be bent up to a straighter position and likewise if the slopeis too steep for the baby, it may be flattened for changing the slope tosuit the baby.

While I have shown a preferred form of the invention in some detail, itshould be regarded as an illustration or example rather than as alimitation or restriction of the invention, since various changes in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of the parts may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a resilient baby support, a marginal frame, a spring wire basehaving substantially parallel sides connected at the rear by an offsetcross piece forming a rear contact portion and having front ends withangular return bends extending outwardly and downwardly to form twofront legs and the extremities of the ends extending upwardly and tiltedbackwardly, a separate back rest spring wire marginal frame having twoparallel sides connected by a rounded portion at corresponding ends andthe other ends having hollow extremities, the said extremities of theends of the base inclined slightly out of line with the said hollowextremities of the back rest so the extremities of the base must besprung to engage in the hollow extremities and fitting tightly butremovably therein to hold a back rest over the base at an upwardinclination rearwardly from the front of the base.

2. A baby support in accordance with claim 1, in

which the said extremities of the ends of the base flare slightlyoutward out of line with the hollow extremities of the back restproviding greater stability of the wire base when set up in supportingposition.

3. A resilient baby support in accordance with claim 1, in which thesaid hollow extremities comprise sleeves at tached to the ends of theback rest with outer ends projecting therefrom and the said extremitiesof the base being sprung into and slidably inserted into the sleeves andfrictionally engaging the outer ends thereof.

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